WHY MAKE PODCASTS? >

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Students develop:

  • Research skills

  • Responsible and ethical approaches

  • Digital Citizenship

  • Writing and editing skills

  • Speaking and listening skills

  • ICT skills

  • Collaboration and team work skills

  • Confidence and commitment by creating for an authentic audience

Podcasting can help your school:

  • Provide targeted content to interested persons (i.e. school community, potential teachers)

  • Establish an audience that listens to regular school broadcasts

  • Raise awareness of school activities through dynamic content and effective broadcasts

  • Make information accessible to persons who would otherwise be excluded (ie. visually impaired)

  • Provide a more genuine personal approach



Resources

"005- Why Podcast?" (podcast)
http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/item.php?itemID=9934

CE Primary School, The Downs FM, "What do we learn by doing this?"
http://www.downs.kent.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?pid=10&type=podcast&title=The+Downs+FM+%28Podcast%29

Digital Citizenship